If HTML were still for people, rather than corporations, we'd still have blink and marquee tags in the current spec.
@HauntedOwlbear To be fair, that clearly belongs to CSS.
@Sylvhem I have an entire set of opinions about CSS, most of which boil down to the idea that, although separating content from formatting has arguments in its favour (I've worked in publishing, I really do get it), the move to do so destroyed the broader accessibility and flexibility of HTML.
I also dislike CSS as a language, but I'm prepared to accept that as a me thing.
@HauntedOwlbear Really? I’m only doing HTML and CSS has a hobby, but I always felt like it let things be more flexible, not less. You can apply different styling to the same page without having to touch the content, and I think that’s pretty cool!
@Sylvhem Honestly, this is more an "old man shakes fist at cloud" position / blatant shitpost † than any kind of thing I can maintain an actual argument for.
† the top post, but I really do dislike CSS personally - I think the main thing is that it's no longer trivial to just scribble your entire site and its formatting into a text editor and have something attractive and functional 10 minutes later.
(Although obviously, I can do that using depreciated code, and fully intend to: https://eldritch.cafe/@HauntedOwlbear/113113338178920525 )
@HauntedOwlbear But you can do that with CSS too. I recently did just that for a little website I’m working on.
@Sylvhem oh fine (that is incredibly cool, though, could I see your site?)
To be specific I personally cannot knock out a dedicated CSS file correctly to accompany my HTML, and definitely don't have time to learn the skill
@HauntedOwlbear @Sylvhem I'm happy to teach you if you want me to.
CSS can be a lot of fun!
@HauntedOwlbear I hope you do! I mean, I'm not the world's greatest CSS guru or anything, nor am I a professional teacher, but I've been working with HTML and CSS for 20 years, so I'd like to think I've picked up a thing or two and are happy to share what I know in order to make you achieve whatever you want to achieve.